Tying appliance.



No. 897,795. PATENTED SEPT. l, 1908.

J. SMITH. mum APPLIANCE.

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1807.

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UNITED s'rarns TENT- OFFICE.

JOB SMITH, OF HOPE, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO HLGH M. CARPENTER,

' OF HOPE, NORTH DAKOTA.

TYING APPLIANCE Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed November 30, 1907. Serial No. 404,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOB SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hope, in the county of Steele and State of North Dakota,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tying Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art same.

My invention relates. to new and useful improvements in tying appliances and more articularly to that class adapted to be used in tying mail matter or letters in iackages and my object is to provide an app liance of this class which may be quickly secured in position around a bundle of letters, or other objects.

{ .A further object is to provide means for reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a package of letters, which are bunched 1. together when assorted for convenient handling and in order to hold the letters in their bunched position, I provide my improved tying appliance, which consists of a plate 2 of sufficient length to extend across the letters at their narrowest point, while 3 indi cates a cord employed for tying the letters in their bunched position, one end of said cord being secured to one edge of the plate 2 and p at a point adjacent its longitudinal center and in securing the cord around the letters, the plate is placed in position on the top of the bundle and substantially at the longitudinal center thereof, after which the cord is extended lengthwise around the bundle 0 and into engagement with a hook 4 on the upper surface of and at the longitudinal center of the plate 2, after which the remainder of the cord is directed around the bundle in the opposite direction and placed in engagement with a spring finger 5'at one end to which it appertains to make and use the of the plate 2, the free end of the finger being slightly curved upwardly, so that the cord may be readily introduced thereunder.

The finger 5, is arranged longitudinally of the plate 2 adjacent an end thereof and the outer end of the linger is held to the plate by rivets or other fastening means. The spring is also fastened adacent the edge of the plate opposite that to which the cord. 3 is secured. The ends of the plate 2 are provided with recesses 6, in which portions of the cord are adapted torest when passed around the bundle at its narrowest point, thereby preventing the cord from slipping or moving independently of the plate. A threaded bolt 7 is extended upwardly from the plate 2 and through the spring finger 5, the threaded portion of said bolt being adapted to receive an adjusting nut 8, so that the tension of the finger 5 on the interposed portion of the cord 3 may be increased or decreased, desired.

The form of device herein shown is what is known as a double tie, but instead, of passing the cord around both ends of the bundle as shown, the cord may be anchored at one end of the plate 2 and passed once around the center of the bundle and secured to the spring finger, thereby forming what is known as a single tie and while I have shown and described the tie as being employed in connection with letters, it will be readily understood that the same may be used for tying various articles and, if desired, instead of using a cord, a fine wire may be employed.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of tying appliance and one that may be quickly applied to use. It will further be seen that when the appliance is properly applied to the bundle, the parts thereof cannot slip or become misplaced and further that when the appliance is not in use, the cord may be wrapped on the plate by extending the cord end-wise of the plate and through the recesses 6, the free end thereof being secured by the finger when all of the cord is wrapped upon the plate, thus rendering the appliance easy to handle and in position'to be stored in a small space.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a plate, a cord having one end secured thereto, a hook secured to the plate, a flat spring secured at one end to the body, a threaded bolt projecting passing through the spring, and a nut engagfrom the plate and ing the th'l mded 001tfm' adjusting She 'tensilonv of the s body far adjusting the tension of the 10 4 "pm" A, de

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